Drew Barrymore cried while discussing her 2016 divorce from husband Will Kopelman during a revealing interview on Sunday morning.
The 45-year-old actress reflected on the failure of the four-year marriage on “Sunday Today with Willie Geist.”
“I really did not take divorce well. I took it really hard. Even now, I’m just like, oh, it’s such a painful thing,” said the newly minted talk show host.
“It took me five years to be able to speak with strength, articulation, perspective, hindsight, and see everything we did right,” she added.
“Because when we were getting divorced, it felt like everything was just wrong. … I think it applies to everyone who thinks that something will be forever and it’s not.”
The beloved star said she doesn’t expect to get remarried anytime soon.
“It’s like, I don’t think I’ve recovered from that,” said Barrymore through tears.
“I don’t know how to open that up again. It’s like something closed, and it stayed closed. I think I’m equally as scared to find love again as I would be as if it never happened.”
Barrymore and Kopelman have managed to put their differences aside to raise their two daughters.
“But, the good news is that his family and I sort of made the most important choice: to be so together and united and connected,” Barrymore shared.
“That’s, I guess, what they call family. I know from not growing up with any family whatsoever that that was the last thing I wanted to do for my daughters.”
Barrymore was also married to producer Jeremy Thomas from 1994 to 1995 and comedian Tom Green from 2001 to 2002.